Category: India

Delhi is a unique city and you CANNOT go there unprepared. You can get some inspiration from our other article Where to go in Delhi, but first we need to tell you what happened on the very first day of our Asian trip. Delhi is the official capital of India and therefore the center of…

Top 5 things to do in New Delhi, the capital of India: Agrasen ki Baoli : on Hailey Road, walking distance from busy Connaught Place. This place is a supposedly haunted stepwell that was formerly used to wash clothes and get water for everyday use. It is easy to imagine the number of Indian women…

Where to eat in Varkala : – breakfast at Coffee Temple. Generous portion of homemade granola, the dirty chai and cardamom coffee are worth a try and the team has a very positive energy. – lunch at Darjeeling Café where you can enjoy delicious handmade momos (north indian steamed raviolis). If you’re lucky you might…

Basically, Varkala is a small town popping out of cliff on the Arabian Sea. It is very tourist friendly and also features a few local cafés, grocery stores and ayurvedic pharmacies. It is a rather recent touristic spot and has been developping over the past 20 years. It took over Kovalam which was the hippie…

After a 30-mn bus ride from Trivandrum and a good walk, we passed by all ayurvedic resorts and restaurants to finally reach our hotel, the closest to the lighthouse. The smiling team of hour hotel at Kovalam beach upgraded us to a seaview room and it was an absolute delight to enjoy the view when…

We landed in Trivandrum and were instantly seduced by the green coconut tree jungle that takes over the whole landscape. We were also surprised to see many communist flags and later learnt that the national headquarters are based in the capital of Kerala. We took one bus from Trivandrum airport to the East Fort (the…